Why is this necessary? If, like many learn English in Dublin students, you are looking for a job here, a good letter of application may help you stand out from the rest of the applicants. Your CV should be accompanied by a letter of application, and these
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FILMING To direct a film A film director A screenplay (the actions and diaogue of a film) Actor(s) (actress(es) – still used in Europe for female actors) The soundtrack consists of the dialogues, the film score (instrumental music), the sound effects and silence. The sets (the
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Here is a brief review of the differences between gerunds and infinitives: Gerunds are formed with ING: walking, talking, thinking, listening Infinitives are formed with TO: to walk, to talk, to think, to listen Gerunds and infinitives can do several jobs: Both gerunds and infinitives can be
Read more →Everybody loves music and that’s why in English we have plenty of idioms that refer to musical instruments. These expressions are really good fun and very common so learn them and impress your friends!!! And all that jazz This idiom means that everything related or similar is
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The words below are some of the most important used when talking about Health and Healthcare: Health and Healthcare – Illnesses ache – a sharp pain – Used in the following expressions: ear ache headache stomach ache toothache Other illnesses: cancer cold cough flu heart attack heart disease
Read more →We’ve already looked at suffixes now let’s look at prefixes: A prefix is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. The word “prefix” is itself made up of the stem fix (meaning “attach”, in this case), and the prefix pre- (meaning
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Idioms from Body Parts Each example below has an idiom with a body part(s). Can you guess the meaning of each idiom from the context? Try to match each idiom (1-7) with its definition (a-g). a) I don’t like talking to Jim. He has a big mouth
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What is a suffix? A suffix is a word ending. It is a group of letters you can add to the end of a root word* e.g. walking, helpful *A root word stands on its own as a word, but you can make new words from it
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Since it’s raining today (and it won’t be the last day in Dublin this happens!), here are some idiomatic expressions with rain and other expressions starting with ‘r’ Expressions with ‘rain’ rain check – a free ticket to an event in place of one cancelled because of
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Easter is an important Christian holiday around the world but for Irish people it is also the commemoration of another important event: The 1916 Easter Rising which began the Irish war of Independence. If you study in Learn English in Dublin, you are very close to the
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